(1 point) Rework problem 23 from section 2.4 of your text involving congressional committees. Assume that the committee consists of 11 Republicans and 6 Democrats. A subcommittee of 4 is randomly selected from all subcommittees of 4 which contain at least 1 Democrat.
What is the probability that the new subcommittee will contain at least 2 Democrats?
So, the final answer is
Step 1 :Calculate the total number of ways to form a subcommittee of 4 from 11 Republicans and 6 Democrats. This is given by
Step 2 :Calculate the number of ways to form a subcommittee of 4 with at least 2 Democrats. This can be broken down into two cases:
Step 3 :Case 1: The subcommittee has exactly 2 Democrats. There are
Step 4 :Case 2: The subcommittee has more than 2 Democrats. This can be either 3 or 4 Democrats. For 3 Democrats, there are
Step 5 :Adding these up, there are
Step 6 :The probability that the new subcommittee will contain at least 2 Democrats is therefore
Step 7 :So, the final answer is